Corrective Movement (Syria)
The Corrective Movement (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية‎),
also referred to as the Corrective Revolution, was a political
movement in Syria, initiated by a coup d'état, led by General Hafez
al-Assad on 13 November 1970.[1] Al-Assad's program of reform,
considered revolutionary in Syria, aimed to sustain and improve the
"nationalist socialist line" of the state and the Ba'ath party.[2]
Al-Assad would rule
SyriaSyria until his death in 2000, after which he was
succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad.Contents1 Events
2 Reforms2.1 Domestic2.1.1 Political reforms
2.1.2 Economic reforms2.2 Foreign policy

Hafez Assad
Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (Persian:
خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی‎),
known by his pen name
HafezHafez (حافظ Ḥāfeẓ 'the memorizer; the
(safe) keeper'; 1315-1390), was a Persian poet[1][2] who "lauded the
joys of love and wine but also targeted religious hypocrisy."[3] His
collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of
Persian literaturePersian literature and
are often found in the homes of people in the Persian speaking world,
who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and
sayings
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1966 Syrian Coup D'état
Michel Aflaq
The preeminent figure of the National Command of the Arab Socialist
Ba'ath PartyBa'ath Party Munif al-Razzaz
Sect. Gen. of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Prime Minister of Syria
Amin al-Hafiz
President of Syria
Muhammad Umran
Minister of Defence Salah Jadid
Assistant Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian
Regional Branch
Maj. Gen. Hafez al-Assad
Commander of the Syrian Air Force
Maj. Salim Hatum
Syrian Army Commander
Lt. Col. Mustafa Tlas
Syrian Army CommanderCasualties and losses400 killed[1]The
1966 Syrian coup d'état1966 Syrian coup d'état refers to events between 21 and 23
February in which the government of the Syrian Arab Republic was
overthrown and replaced
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1963 Syrian Coup D'état
The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, referred to by the Syrian government as
the 8 March Revolution (Arabic: ثورة الثامن من
آذار‎), was the successful seizure of power in
SyriaSyria by the
military committee of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist
Ba'ath Party. The planning and the unfolding conspiracy was inspired
by the Iraqi Regional Branch's successful military coup.
The coup was planned by the military committee, rather than the Ba'ath
Party's civilian leadership, but Michel Aflaq, the leader of the
party, consented to the conspiracy. The leading members of the
military committee throughout the planning process and in the
immediate aftermath of taking power were Muhammad Umran, Salah Jadid
and Hafez al-Assad. The committee enlisted the support of two
Nasserists, Rashid al-Qutayni and Muhammad al-Sufi, and the
independent Ziad al-Hariri
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2004 Qamishli Riots
Riots suppressed by the Syrian Army:30-100 killed
Thousands of Kurds flee to Iraqi KurdistanParties to the civil conflict Syrian GovernmentSyrian Army
Syrian Police Kurdish Protesters
Democratic Union Party (Syria)Democratic Union Party (Syria) (PYD)[2]Lead figures Bashar al-AssadCasualtiesDeath(s)
30 - 100The 2004
QamishliQamishli uprising was an uprising by Syrian Kurds in the
northeastern city of
QamishliQamishli in March 2004. The riots started during
a chaotic football match, when some fans of the guest team (Arabs)
started raising pictures of Saddam Hussein, an action that angered the
fans of the host team (the Kurds). Both groups began throwing stones
at each other, which soon developed to a political conflict as the
Arab group raised pictures of
Saddam HusseinSaddam Hussein while the Kurdish group
raised the Flag of Kurdistan
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Syrian Occupation Of Lebanon
Protesters opposed to the Syrian occupation heading to Martyrs' Square
on foot and in vehiclesThe Syrian occupation of
LebanonLebanon (Arabic: الاحتلال
السوري للبنان‎) began in 1976, during the Lebanese Civil
War, and ended in 2005 following the assassination of former Lebanese
Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
In January 1976, a Syrian proposal to restore the limits to the
Palestinian guerrilla presence in Lebanon, which had been in place
prior to the outbreak of the civil war, was welcomed by Maronites, but
rejected by the Palestinian guerrillas and their Lebanese Druze-led
and leftist allies. In June 1976, to deal with the opposition posed by
this latter group (which was normally allied with Syria), the Syrian
regime dispatched Palestinian units under its control into Lebanon,
and soon after sent in its own troops as well
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Al Akhbar (Lebanon)
Al Akhbar (Arabic: الأخبار‎, literally "The News") is a daily
Arabic languageArabic language newspaper published in a semi tabloid format in
Beirut.[1] It also started an English version published on the
Internet. The paper describes itself as independent and progressive.Contents1 History and profile
2 Orientation
3 Quality
4 Writers
5 ReferencesHistory and profile[edit]
The newspaper started printing and distribution in 2006.[2] It was
established by Joseph Samaha (a leftist intellectual and former
editor-in-chief of As-Safir)[3] and Ibrahim Al Amine
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Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from
LatinLatin communis,
"common, universal")[1][2] is the philosophical, social, political,
and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the
establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order
structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and
the absence of social classes, money[3][4] and the state.[5][6]
CommunismCommunism includes a variety of schools of thought, which broadly
include
MarxismMarxism and anarchism (anarcho-communism), as well as the
political ideologies grouped around both. All of these share the
analysis that the current order of society stems from its economic
system, capitalism; that in this system there are two major social
classes; that conflict between these two classes is the root of all
problems in society; and that this situation will ultimately be
resolved through a social revolution
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NasserismNasserismNasserism (Arabic: التيار الناصري‎ at-Tayyār
an-Nāṣṣarī) is a socialist Arab nationalist political ideology
based on the thinking of Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal
leaders of the
Egyptian revolution of 1952Egyptian revolution of 1952 and Egypt's second
President. Spanning the domestic and international spheres, it
combines elements of Arab socialism, republicanism, nationalism,
anti-imperialism, developing world solidarity and international
non-alignment. In the 1950s and 1960s,
NasserismNasserism was amongst the most
potent political ideologies in the Arab world
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European Enlightenment
Enlightenment, enlighten or enlightened may refer to:Contents1 Culture
2 Computing
3 Film and television
4 Music
5 Other uses
6 See alsoCulture[edit]
Enlightenment (spiritual), insight or awakening to the true nature of
reality
Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the
late 17th to the late 18th century, centered in France but also
encompassing:Scottish Enlightenment, period in 18th century Scotland
American Enlightenment, intellectual culture of the British North
American colonies and the early United States
Enlightenment in Poland, ideas of the
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